2 files changed, 16 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
index fb4b0a79a950..83777c1cbae0 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
@@ -73,12 +73,8 @@ int kvm_vgic_create(struct kvm *kvm, u32 type)
 	int i, vcpu_lock_idx = -1, ret;
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
 
-	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
-
-	if (irqchip_in_kernel(kvm)) {
-		ret = -EEXIST;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (irqchip_in_kernel(kvm))
+		return -EEXIST;
 
 	/*
 	 * This function is also called by the KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP handler,
@@ -87,10 +83,8 @@ int kvm_vgic_create(struct kvm *kvm, u32 type)
 	 * the proper checks already.
 	 */
 	if (type == KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2 &&
-		!kvm_vgic_global_state.can_emulate_gicv2) {
-		ret = -ENODEV;
-		goto out;
-	}
+		!kvm_vgic_global_state.can_emulate_gicv2)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/*
 	 * Any time a vcpu is run, vcpu_load is called which tries to grab the
@@ -138,9 +132,6 @@ out_unlock:
 		vcpu = kvm_get_vcpu(kvm, vcpu_lock_idx);
 		mutex_unlock(&vcpu->mutex);
 	}
-
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index ae642452e91a..195078225aa5 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -696,6 +696,11 @@ static void kvm_destroy_devices(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	struct kvm_device *dev, *tmp;
 
+	/*
+	 * We do not need to take the kvm->lock here, because nobody else
+	 * has a reference to the struct kvm at this point and therefore
+	 * cannot access the devices list anyhow.
+	 */
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(dev, tmp, &kvm->devices, vm_node) {
 		list_del(&dev->vm_node);
 		dev->ops->destroy(dev);
@@ -2832,11 +2837,15 @@ static int kvm_ioctl_create_device(struct kvm *kvm,
 	dev->ops = ops;
 	dev->kvm = kvm;
 
+	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
 	ret = ops->create(dev, cd->type);
 	if (ret < 0) {
+		mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 		kfree(dev);
 		return ret;
 	}
+	list_add(&dev->vm_node, &kvm->devices);
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 
 	if (ops->init)
 		ops->init(dev);
@@ -2844,10 +2853,12 @@ static int kvm_ioctl_create_device(struct kvm *kvm,
 	ret = anon_inode_getfd(ops->name, &kvm_device_fops, dev, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		ops->destroy(dev);
+		mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
+		list_del(&dev->vm_node);
+		mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	list_add(&dev->vm_node, &kvm->devices);
 	kvm_get_kvm(kvm);
 	cd->fd = ret;
 	return 0;